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Operation Zero ZeroExplanation Showing 181 to 200 of 1009 First Page•Previous Page 6 •7 •8 •9 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 Next Page•Last PageMS KHAMPEPE: You will remember, Mr Lourens, that the reason advanced by Mr Maxam for participating in this operation to steal firearms was to make sure that the operation succeeded and that the other people did not bungle, because he was the leader and he had no confidence in whether they would be ... constant. In 1989 I remember I was alone with my mum in the house, my father, sisters and brothers having gone to the Orange Free State and I had an operation problem which caused me to vomit the whole night. The following morning my mum hired a car to take me to hospital where I was reoperated ... DR ALLY: Because, Mama, you may know that in the same period, 1985, June, July, that there was actually an operation, it was called Operation Zero Zero, which the Security Police were responsible for. What it involved was giving to young Comrades, grenades that people pretended to be from the ... The incidents in question occurred during the period 1984 - 1986 at Johannesburg. The target of the operation was a former journalist who subsequently held a senior position within the South African Council of Churches. Applicant furnished the following particulars in regard to the ... about my unit's activities. I confirm what he has said in his evidence in chief where he relates to me. I wish to point out that since this was my operation I made a final decision about the operation. Since I was commanding the operation, Mr Sipho Mthembu was to act on my orders. I, in line ... During August 1988 explosives were put in the basement of Khotso House and the building was badly damaged in the ensuing explosion. A night watchman was injured but fortunately nobody was killed. All the applicants played a part, as envisaged above, in the carrying out of the operation. Both applicants acted during the operation under the borders of Cronje. They didn't partake in the operation except in so far as they accompanied Cronje and identified the spots where the operation would be carried out. They however associated themselves therewith. ... the answer goes this way: The question is, in the most ambiguous manner possible, Mr Richardson concedes that at some or other level he had a co-operation arrangement with Mr Pretorius. He denies that it was the full extent of an informer. That leads us to ask the question, is it not ... Dr Copperwitz, his treatment is not less than R300-00 every month. I was supposed to go to Cape Town to undergo an operation but they told me that I had to pay R60 000-00. MS MAYA: A heart operation? ... informed Applicant that the ANC structures in Tembisa had decided that Mr Songo should be eliminated and had appointed Mr Tleane to oversee the operation. A further decision was made that Applicant should be ordered to execute the elimination of Mr Songo. In view of Mr Tleane's ... JUDGE NGOEPE: Sorry, I accept that in terms of your report, I accept that he must have been subjected to some kind of stress, traumatic stress and so on. But I am not sure I understand as to what eventually triggered the disorder. What triggered the disorder into coming into operation? 1. The applicant did not make a full disclosure, particularly around the arrest of Mr Charles Ndaba who was a key figure in Operation Vula and who was killed by the Security Police. EXAMINATION BY MR VISSER: Mr Steenberg, you are an applicant for amnesty for an operation that was executed across the Swaziland border which we know happened on the 8th of December 1981, is that correct? MR BLACK: Did he go out to the scene of the operation, did you as the Investigator take him out to where the shooting had taken place so that he could take photographs of that scene? MR BRINK: And apart from the torture of these men you were merely a passive participant, so to speak, in the further conduct of the operation? ... there is no enough evidence. Then I made some attempts to go to the station commander, but all these were in vain because I didn't get enough ... ... to proceed with the project. Coetzee testified that he cannot recall the incident but it is probable that he would have approved of such an operation if he had been ... Back to the issue of the mopping-up operation by hostel dwellers on August 24, I left home and returned near to Mzimhlope, Meadowlands, Killarney, "War zone". It must have been after midnight when, together with photographer Khosini, who was then known as William Kosi we observed a group of ... ... you recall that Willie Nortje was present and you have already heard that his legal representative has stated that he was not present during the operation. Is it possible that you may have confused his presence in this operation with his presence in ... ... the fence. The suspects were held at Piet Retief where they were detained in terms of Section 29 of the Internal Security Act. Through their co-operation large caches of arms were retrieved from Dead Letter Boxes. Acts of insurrection which had already been planned by MK were prevented. ... |
